Краткое описание: 20 Questions...Answered is a reproducible ESL/EFL reading-and-discussion text for false beginners, or for true beginners who have already had about eight months of instruction in the language. Each unit examines an element of life currently of interest. From popular interest in Dinosaurs, in the Internet, in Plastic Surgery, in Cameras in the Courtroom, and in Endangered Species, 20 Questions...Answered covers them all, and many more!

Краткое описание: 20 Questions...Answered is a reproducible ESL/EFL reading-and-discussion text for false beginners, or for true beginners who have already had about eight months of instruction in the language. Each unit examines an element of life currently of interest. From popular interest in Dinosaurs, in the Internet, in Plastic Surgery, in Cameras in the Courtroom, and in Endangered Species, 20 Questions...Answered covers them all, and many more!

Краткое описание: 20 Questions...Answered is a reproducible ESL/EFL reading-and-discussion text for false beginners, or for true beginners who have already had about eight months of instruction in the language. Each unit examines an element of life currently of interest. From popular interest in Dinosaurs, in the Internet, in Plastic Surgery, in Cameras in the Courtroom, and in Endangered Species, 20 Questions...Answered covers them all, and many more!

Краткое описание: Биографический словарь состоит из трех разделов и включает сведения о музыкантах основных современных направлений: популярная музыка, рок музыка и джаз. Вы познакомитесь с любимыми группами как отечественными, так и зарубежными - "Битлз", "Абба", "Кино", "Любэ", а также известными музыкантами и исполнителями - Э.Пиаф, Д.Эллингтоном, Э.Пресли и многими другими.

Краткое описание: Том первый (Становление) Истории Византийской империи", труда выдающегося русского византиста Ф.И.Успенского, охватывает первый (до 527 г.) и второй (518-610 гг.) периоды истории Византии, - от перенесения столицы в Константинополь до восстания экзарха Ираклия.

Краткое описание: Второй том (Эпоха смут) настоящего издания охватывает период византийской истории от времени правления Ираклия до воцарения Михаила III и восстановления в империи православия (VII-IX века). Крупнейший византинист Ф.И.Успенский в своем увлекательном повествовании погружает читателя в бурные события, происходившие в Византии, - борьбу за светскую и духовную власть, наполненную интригами, предательством и убийствами.

Краткое описание: В третьем томе (Македонская династия) помещена следующая часть всеобъемлющего труда Ф.И.Успенского "История Византийской империи", охватывающая период с 867 по 1057 гг., - время правления Македонской династии. Особое внимание уделено духовному и светскому влиянию Византии на славян Балканского полуострова и Русь.

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The Mill on the Floss is the story of two conflicting personalities as they face the hardships of life. Maggie and Tom Tulliver are sister and brother: Maggie is passionate, impulsive, intelligent and often makes mistakes while Tom is practical, unimaginative, judgmental, honest and hardworking. Their father is declared a bankrupt. Tom works hard to pay his father’s debts and restore the family name, while Maggie is oppressed by the limited role offered to women in rural Victorian Britain. As a result of certain unsuitable friendships, she is eventually ostracised by her family and local society.

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Set in the English countryside in the first years of the nineteenth century, Silas Marner is a magical story of redemption through human relationships. Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by his best friend and the woman he loves. He loses all faith in humanity and moves to the village of Raveloe. There he lives a solitary life, working and hoarding his gold coins, until one day his gold is stolen.

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Wuthering Heights recounts the story of Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted orphan Heathcliff’s love affair and the tragic events which follow.